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In 2010, in response to a request from the Council of Australian Governments, the Agriculture Ministers’ Forum (AGMIN) and the Agriculture Senior Officials’ Committee (AGSOC) agreed to develop a single national framework to harmonise the regulation of agricultural and veterinary (…
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Food safety recognition agreements (arrangements) can be mutual, meaning both countries recognise each other’s food safety regulatory systems as comparable (equivalent) to their own, or they can be unilateral, meaning only one country out of the two will recognise the other country’s food safety…
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15 February 2017The National Biosecurity Committee (NBC) met on 15 February 2017 in Melbourne, Victoria and welcomed New Zealand to its first meeting as a full member of the Committee. The Committee…
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BIOSECURITY AUSTRALIA ADVICE 2008/05 COMMENCEMENT OF AN IMPORT RISK ANALYSIS FOR APPLE FRUIT FROM THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
This Biosecurity Australia Advice announces the formal commencement of an Import Risk Analysis (IRA) under the regulated IRA process to consider a proposal to import…
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A Biosecurity Advice notice is a notice that informs stakeholders about the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - Biosecurity's work.…
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On 13 March 2023, the Office of the US Trade Representative announced the reallocation of unused quotas under their imported raw sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ). Australia was allocated an additional 24,479 tonnes (11% of the unused quota balance). This is in addition to the initial allocation of 89,…
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Funding announced to drive emissions reductionOn 23 May 2024, Minister Bowen and Minister Watt announced the government is investing $63.8 million in the Agriculture and Land Sector Plan to support initial emissions reduction efforts.Read the joint media release and the department’s factsheet:…
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Publication date: 25 February 2021This dataset has been superseded. See the catchment scale land use and commodities update 2023 for current data.This dataset is the national compilation of catchment scale land use data for Australia (CLUM), as at December 2020. It replaces the Catchment Scale…
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What is Sterile Insect Technique?
Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is a recognised phytosanitary procedure for pest management under the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs). It is a sterilisation technique that can provide effective control of target insect populations such as…
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We have completed a final report for the review of pest risk assessments for spider mites.
About the reviewWe undertake risk analyses to consider market access requests for fresh fruit commodities for human consumption from trading partners. Many of these risk…
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